Most married men understand selective deafness. This is attained by training over many years to automatically tune out sentences with the words “washing up”, “garbage”, “shopping” and so on, and tune in to sentences with words such as “dinner”, “wine”,…
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Long-Term Effects of Scuba Diving on Hearing
“I get periodic inquiries RE the long-term effects of SCUBA on hearing. Heres’ my customary answer followed by the latest research: Diving-related hearing loss is pretty much limited to those who are commercial divers exposed to loud noses and…
When You Least Expect It
When I look back over my 42 year diving career and more than 10,000 dives, I realise how few dive-related injuries I have sustained. A few infections from coral scratches, a nasty sting from a bunch of Corallimorpharians, nothing really…
Stress in Diving
I don’t want to participate in any sport in which my species is not at the top of the food chain. Ken Fonte Stress in diving is probably the central problem in the accidents and resulting injuries and fatalitiesthat occur…
Dive Accident Symptoms Delayed 6 Months?
(Q) 06.09.11 “Is it possible to suffer any problems from diving 6 months AFTER the dive? I had what I would consider a fairly normal dive experience. We were in Fiji and we dove to a max of 100ft. We…